|Articles|November 1, 2004

Barbotage cytology gives way to biopsy

Ann Arbor, MI-Urologists should use biopsy, not barbotage cytology, to assess tumors and select treatment for upper-tract urothelial carcinomas, advise researchers at the University of Michigan Urology Center in Ann Arbor.

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